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| Ultra-Orthodox Jews throw stones and metal bars at police in Jerusalem as authorities try to enforce restrictions amid Israel's coronavirus lockdown |
| 2020-10-07 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 The Roman Legion 'decimation' was hard core: if your unit ran in battle each ten man squad would be given fasces (cudgels) and be tasked to beat one of their own to death or the whole unit would be executed, IIRC. Hard. Core. Ever since Katrina-ish popular usage has changed the term to replace (*spit*) "wholesale devastation" with decimation. Uneducated newsies popularized this linguistic abortion. |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-10-07 18:53 |
| #4 Brooklyn: Anti-lockdown mob beats fellow hasidic Jew Protesters call Jewish man filming protest a "snitch," beat him and leave him in critical condition during protest against NY restrictions. Posted it, in case some of you think I'm unfairly harsh to my fellow (in a pig's eye) Jews. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-07 16:18 |
| #3 I believe it was mostly applied in the Legions as a punishment for unit cowardice. They had other ways, closer to 9 out of 10, for rebels. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-07 15:37 |
| #2 I believe the Latin term you are looking for is 'decimatio' which would be one out of every ten. A little known but exotic punishment that the Romans used to apply. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-10-07 15:31 |
| #1 I was waiting for somebody to accuse Cuomo of antisemitism, and then to post this. Cause he may be an antisemite - but this's not proof. Everybody is tired of these G*d drunk fanatics. But, then, there is something even better. NYC Orthodox community holds large protest over new coronavirus restrictions |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-07 15:11 |